Description

Minimalistic Text is a widget app that displays information in a minimalistic way.It can be configured to display time, date, battery and weather information. The layout of the widget is highly customizable through the layout editor.

Explanations for the permission requests:** android.permission.VIBRATE **used in the layout editor to give feedback that an item has been dragged** android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION **used by the weather service to get your coarse location and retrieve the weather for it** android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE **needed to determine if the weather data can be fetched** android.permission.INTERNET **needed to actually retrieve the weather data and to get the name of the location you are** android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED **needed to be able to wait until the phone booted before initializing** android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE **to gain access to your SD card and save the preferences to it** android.permission.GET_TASKS **used to determine if the home screen is currently active. This is used by the automatic rendering option** android.permission.CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE **To enable / disable widget sizes** android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE **To support WiFi variables** android.permission.READ_CALENDAR **To support calendar events** com.android.vending.BILLING **To support In-App donation** de.devmil.minimaltext.permission.USE_DIRECT_CALL_ADDON **allows Minimalisitc Text to use the Minimalistic Text direct call addon (if it is installed)

If you have any problems, write me an email!

Now with Buzz Launcher support! Minimalistic Text can be restored exactly the way it has been packed using the Buzz Launcher. This way you can share your complete Homescreen easy with other Buzz Launcher users!Download Buzz Launcher here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buzzpia.aqua.launcher

Please don't use the comments for feature requests or bugs. You can write me an email (develmil@googlemail.com). (Of course you still can rate lower due to bugs or missing features)

Tasker integration:1) add a Locale variable to your layout and set the variable name (click it)2) in Tasker select Plugins -> Minimalistic Text for an action3) Click "Edit", a new activity starts4) enter the name of the variable and the text that should be displayed for this variable (you can use Tasker variables)done

Wiki: wiki.devmil.de

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4.2

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A Google User

When I choose a font, I would like to be able to see the font name in the font that it is so i'm not blindly choosing one. I have a huge list & I have to pick 1 then go back to the preview to see what it is & I usually do this about 10 times before I can find what I want. Other customization apps have this simple feature, I would love to see it on this app too.

Dmitriy

I dont find any settings to show sunset time, is it possible with these widgets?

Aaron Abrams

Used this app for years with the same widget I made a long time ago. Has always worked great on my Note 5. I installed on my new Blackberry KEYone and made the exact same widget. Every setting on the phone and in-app is 100% correct and the same on both phones. The widget time will not update after a while. It just stops. This is with and without compatibility in global settings. Sent developer a message and haven't heard back from yet.

Matt Jenkins

Hardly ever do a review but just wanted to say this is great. The presets are somewhat limited but that doesn't matter as you can tweak pretty much anything. Would like to be able to put a space in between the words of the time and also an option to import your own fonts. Great if you like to get a bit creative with your home screen. Thanks!

Peter Nguyen

The best home screen labeling app. However, a few times all my widgets including this one get corrupted. I had to add them again. This is really rare as it has only happened twice in a year but only within an hour after the first occurrence. But after I redid all my widgets nothing has happened since. Just bad luck I would say.

Kloassie Boassie

Used to love this app but lately my advise is: Don't buy this app. It fails updating it's content (time, date, weather) after a while and it's widgets become utterly useless except for cheap nonsensical screen decoration. I posted about this problem on the dev's website a few weeks ago but no answer whatsoever. The app seems abandoned

User reviews

A Google User November 29, 2017

When I choose a font, I would like to be able to see the font name in the font that it is so i'm not blindly choosing one. I have a huge list & I have to pick 1 then go back to the preview to see what it is & I usually do this about 10 times before I can find what I want. Other customization apps have this simple feature, I would love to see it on this app too.

Used this app for years with the same widget I made a long time ago. Has always worked great on my Note 5. I installed on my new Blackberry KEYone and made the exact same widget. Every setting on the phone and in-app is 100% correct and the same on both phones. The widget time will not update after a while. It just stops. This is with and without compatibility in global settings. Sent developer a message and haven't heard back from yet.

Hardly ever do a review but just wanted to say this is great. The presets are somewhat limited but that doesn't matter as you can tweak pretty much anything. Would like to be able to put a space in between the words of the time and also an option to import your own fonts. Great if you like to get a bit creative with your home screen. Thanks!

The best home screen labeling app. However, a few times all my widgets including this one get corrupted. I had to add them again. This is really rare as it has only happened twice in a year but only within an hour after the first occurrence. But after I redid all my widgets nothing has happened since. Just bad luck I would say.

Used to love this app but lately my advise is: Don't buy this app. It fails updating it's content (time, date, weather) after a while and it's widgets become utterly useless except for cheap nonsensical screen decoration. I posted about this problem on the dev's website a few weeks ago but no answer whatsoever. The app seems abandoned

This app was so appreciated!! I finally was able to change my static Google calendar icon which is a static 31, to a dynamic date that changes every day, and I didn't have to settle for colors and styles in other day widgets that were not pleasing or had too many other features, or didn't link easily to my non-default calendar. Once I got the hang of it, it was super fun! Thank you so much for creating this and sharing!!

Exactly what I've been looking for. Lets me use whatever damn font I please and the range of options on this thing are frankly just ridiculous. If you want a basic widget that delivers data in whatever layout you like, get this one.

Scary at First but 👍👍 •▪•▪•☆☆☆☆☆•▪•▪• ☆It took me about an hour to figure out how to work the app [and I'm pretty sure there's plenty more to discover] but once I got a handle on it I fell in love! ☆A LOT of options for purpose (i.e. clock, date, weather, text) ☆Seemingly endless ways to customize ☆Ability to save formats for simple use elsewhere ☆Wide spectrum of widget sizes from 1x1 to 4x4 and everything in between